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Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

hankatten — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:50:46 GMT

I got a bit curious to know what gadgets you fellow vaio-users have bought and which you use together with your laptop.

Here is my list:

1. Creative TravelSound Mp3 - need better sound that the build-in loudspeakers

2. Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks Pro - use it with MSN and Skype

3. Dockingstation for Z1

4. 2x1 GB memory sticks - just for "sensitive" storage

5. Wireless PC Lock - after my first Z1' got stolen

6. Sony Ericsson P910i mobile phone - works like a dream together with Sony's Z1

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

jammold — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:42:26 GMT

Well here is my list, lol in no particular order

1. Sony Microvault 128MB USB Flash Memory Stick
2. Sony Memory Stick, 128MB Capacity
3. Lots of CD-R/CD-RW Media:smileyhappy:
4. Sony DJ Headphones
5. Sony AC PowerPack
6. Logic3 Travel Speakers (externally powered)
7. Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
8. Belkin FastCat 5e Network Cable
9. HP Deskjet 980Cxi Professional Inkjet Printer (USB)
10. Netgear 108Mbits PCMCIA SuperAtheros G Wireless Card

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:27:20 GMT

OK

Maxtor 160GB 1394 hard disk (300LX I think is the model number)
2x128, 1x32MB Memory Sticks
Belkin Wireless 54Mbps card (coming soon).
LaCiE d2 52x CD-RW FireWire
eXpansys 3 port FireWire hub
4 port USB hub (for when I had a USB ADSL Modem)

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

seb21__ — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:29:52 GMT

here is my list, it isn't much.......

1. D-Link Wireless PCMCIA card with 108MBit/s
2. HP deskjet 5650 printer
3. Mustek 1200UB Plus Scanner
4. Logiteck Mouseman traveller
5. Microsoft optical Trackball
6. Aiptec Hyper Pen 8000U Pro
7. some Floppydiscs
8. and a Memorystick with 64MB (better as a floppydisc)
9. Sennheiser HD570 headphones

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

TygerTyger — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:39:47 GMT

Hm interesting thread.

1. Samsung Syncmaster 151s monitor for that cushy dual monitor feel.
1. Altec Lansing Dolby Pro Logic Surround Speakers plus Woofer.
3. Sony mp3 Player
4. Sony W12 Digital Camera
5. 512Mb memory stick pro (well its not here yet but I will)
6. Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000
7. Studio Mic
8. Guitar + Amp on occasion
9. Logitech Mx1000 Wireless mousie.
10. Belkin 54g router.

Actually that list makes my laptop phenomenally unportable. May as well have got a desktop. Doh!

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

tellingd — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:13:23 GMT

Various forms of external storage, headphones and network stuff (WiFi & Bluetooth); but the best thing is my new Canopus ADVC 110 - and my old analogue (Sony) video camera of course

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

Foxhound — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:40:05 GMT

1. Wireless Optical mouse mouse
2. Optical USB mouse (when playing games)
3. LG Xtick Platinum usb drive
4. USB Led light.
5. Iomega extenal DVD burner
6. Vaio Speakers PCGA-SP1
7. Playstation controller to USB adaptor (for gaming)
8. Sony Ericsson P900
9. MS Pro Duo.
10. Sony Cybershot DSC-T1
11. Trust USB webcam (130 Spacecam)
12. ADSL Modem/router ofcourse.
13. Iriver mp3 player

uhm.... that's about it I think.:smileyhappy:

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

GBS — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:53:22 GMT

Interesting to see what we are all doing with it.
For my K115Z:
1) Sony DCR-TRV110 videocamera
2) Sony Cybershot 3.2 (I bought the laptop to accompany this freebee given to me by a Rep!!!!)
3) Akai stereo with surrondsound (in living room)
4) Philips Stereo in outside room, huge amp etc. (this room previously used a recording and rehersal room by band -previous owners)
5) Telefunken turntable -Convert vinyl to MP3
6) Belkin tunecast 2 (when in car or converting every room in the house to a mini-music festival)
7) Sony V300 headphones
😎 ADSL modem
9) Getting 4 port hub and Pen Drive
10) 128Mb Memory stick

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

Mr.C — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:21:14 GMT

OK here's mine....

1) Gameboy Advance Blank Card Read/Writer for buring home brew game development,
2) Nokia 6600 via Bluetooth,
3) HP Ipaq H4150 via WiFi & Bluetooth,
4) 20Gb MP3 Player / Storage device,
5) Sony DSC P-10 Digital Camera,
6) FujiFilm USB 2.0 Multi Card Read/Writer,
7) 512Mb Sony Memory Stick & 64Mb Sony Micro Vault,
😎 MS Optical Blue mouse,
9) External Sony Floppy Disk Drive.

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

robpaxton — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:43:58 GMT

4 @ External 160 GB hard drives.
External DVD writer.
Crucial flash card reader/writer.
Various memory sticks, SM & CF cards.
Wacom graphics tablet.
Fuji FinePix 6800Z.camera.
Sony DCR-PC9E MiniDV.
Sony U30 camera.
Sennheiser HD565 Ovation Headphones.
Sony Clie NX70V.
HP Jornada 565 PPC.
Epson Stylus Photo 950.
An old Archos hard drive mp3 player.
Sony flash music player.
Couple of USB flash drives.
Wireless network (Not all necessarily powered up at same time )
Sony V1 + Netgear WG511 card.
Sony GRX316SP + Netgear WG511 card.
Sony GRT715M + Netgear WG511 card.
Toshiba Sat 3000 + Netgear WG511 card.
Samsung X10
Apple 15 inch G4 Powerbook
Linksys wireless media adapter to Teac 300 system.
Netgear DG834G.

And a constantly increasing electricity bill . . . .

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

Akanksha — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:43:37 GMT

WOW Rob, thats so extensive.
Here's my list:
Nothing! :smileygrin:

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

robpaxton — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:14:29 GMT

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

Neo — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:09:05 GMT

here's mine

Alcatel ADSL modem
Crown graphic tablet
Logitech mouseman traveller
Epson Stylus Color usb printer
Canon usb scanner
Keyspan rs232 adapter
rs232 data cable for Sony Z5 :smileygrin:
Mini Disc

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:41:06 GMT

I especially like the number of hard disks 4x160GB is cool.

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

TygerTyger — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:26:27 GMT

Lol Rob that's quite a list.

I just realised almost everyone else has an external HD, time to get one I think....

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

Jay1 — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:17:28 GMT

well 4 ext HDD tht is a lot i just wonder what he does with all the memory,

4 @ External 160 GB hard drives

tht is 640Gb + laptop HDD + flash drive+memery stick and so so wht is the total i wonder.

There is lots of thing i would LIKE to connect but the K315 does not have device (s model) tht i could use to connect things.

LAN
memory stick
adsl modem
mini optical mouse
Hp 930c
sometimes monitor
like to connect my 910i phone not possble yet
like to connect video to laptop not possble yet
like to get a ext HDD
like to get wireless network
like to get so many thing still i would like to connect

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:30:23 GMT

Knowing Rob it's probably sound and video.

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

robpaxton — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:16:24 GMT

You got it in one

Probably going to have to buy another external drive pretty soon - the last one I bought is pretty much full . . .

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:19:22 GMT

I plan to get a 250GB drive too, but thats for backing up 3 PCs.

Re: Just curious. What extra gadgets do you use together with your laptop?

robpaxton — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:33:50 GMT

If you find a goodun let me know (I like both USB2 & firewire connections on the drive), I'll be in the market for one shortly - unless I can get my act together & start to properly catalog & sort out my collections.